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<blockquote data-quote="Barastrondo" data-source="post: 5108485" data-attributes="member: 3820">Well, like I say, that's how I fight out-of-character humor. Or rather, at least the distractions of repetitive pop culture references. Some of this is player-created, mind (such as the many jokes about the warforged's &quot;Key to the City&quot;), and not all of it is in-character. But I feel that encouraging people laugh about things that are going on in the game, or about jokes that make fun of what could be going on in the game, helps get things across. Sort of comedic jiu-jitsu -- direct the punch rather than trying to block it or keep it from being thrown. I figure if they're going to be cracking jokes anyway, giving them something game-related as a subject keeps them from having to quote Monty Python. It doesn't always work (last night, a bit on lycanthropy led to &quot;were-elves&quot; as a concept which led to were-Oscar Wilde which led to Monty Python's Oscar Wilde sketch), but it does work enough that I haven't had a Holy Grail quote at the table in ages.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Barastrondo, post: 5108485, member: 3820"] Well, like I say, that's how I fight out-of-character humor. Or rather, at least the distractions of repetitive pop culture references. Some of this is player-created, mind (such as the many jokes about the warforged's "Key to the City"), and not all of it is in-character. But I feel that encouraging people laugh about things that are going on in the game, or about jokes that make fun of what could be going on in the game, helps get things across. Sort of comedic jiu-jitsu -- direct the punch rather than trying to block it or keep it from being thrown. I figure if they're going to be cracking jokes anyway, giving them something game-related as a subject keeps them from having to quote Monty Python. It doesn't always work (last night, a bit on lycanthropy led to "were-elves" as a concept which led to were-Oscar Wilde which led to Monty Python's Oscar Wilde sketch), but it does work enough that I haven't had a Holy Grail quote at the table in ages. [/QUOTE]

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